October 2011

Go into your closet and pull out your best, most professional suit, the suit you would wear to an interview. How does it look? Is it clean, pressed, professional? This is the image you present to a potential employer or important client when you meet in person. Putting on a nice suit says “I take you seriously, take me seriously too.” Now go and Google yourself. Do you like what you see? Is it the image you want to present to the world? I hope so, because this is what others see. This is your personal brand. Everything counts: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, photos, postsRead More →

Ah, Twitter. It’s one of those things that everyone has heard of, but few use (I mean really use). People fall into one of three categories with Twitter: Use it everyday (or almost). Have an account, but don’t get it. Think it’s stupid. I have access to five Twitter accounts. Two are work related, one is for my freelance business, one is for my mommy blog, and one is just me. So, I guess you can say I’m a heavy Twitter user. However, I don’t check Twitter obsessively. I keep it up during the day. It’s my news feed so I know what’s going onRead More →